Thomas D'Alesandro III

Thomas Ludwig D'Alesandro III (24 July 1929-20 October 2019) was Mayor of Baltimore from 1 January 1967 to 1 January 1971, succeeding Theodore McKeldin and preceding William Schaefer. He was the son of Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. and the brother of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.

Biography
Thomas Ludwig D'Alesandro III was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 24 July 1929, the son of Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. and the brother of Nancy Pelosi. He served in the US Army from 1952 to 1955, and he became President of the Baltimore City Council in 1963 and worked with the liberal Republican mayor Theodore McKeldin to eliminate racial barriers in education, employment, and other areas before defeating McKeldin for re-election in 1966 (winning all 555 precincts in the process). D'Alesandro pushed for increased development of the city, especially the Inner Harbor district, but his tenure suffered from racial unrest and budgetary troubles. D'Alesandro proudly flaunted his progressive civil rights record, appointing African-Americans to government positions in the aftermath of the Baltimore riot of 1968. He stepped down as Mayor in 1971 and retired from politics, entering into private law practice. He died in 2019 at the age of 90.